Show THE MISSOULA COPPER CO V special correspondence mullan idaho december 23 althe the high grade shoot struck in the prop property efty of the missoula copper mining company in the mullan section of the coeur calenes dA lenes northeast of spokane has widened steadily under development until it shows bonanza proportions according to recent reports from a streak two feet wide having a cupric content of smelting smelling sm elting quality the ore body has expanded to fifteen feet of the same grade this transformation came in raising t wenty twenty feet from the tunnel level at a vertical depth of feet it is estimated that there is 1000 feet of sloping possibilities on the dip of the vein between the tunnel level and the top iop of the hill the fifteen foot streak varies in quality from 15 to 25 per cent it is e estimated sti mated is of its elements this expansion was revealed in inthe the course of cutting a station last week ore oke of strong promise mccu occupied pled the floor of the drift A was sunk for a few feet with good results ascent and descent on the course of the shoot will proceed at the same time the drift which has opened this oart of the body for a short distance will wili be continued forty men are employed on the property i |